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Elaine Denniston (born 1939) keypunched data and edited code used for Apollo.[1] [2] She had to make sure that the programmer's code was accurate so that it could be done during the night and finished in the morning.[1][2] Denniston was brought up in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She went to an all-girls Latin High School and graduated in 1957.[2] Denniston then got married to a man named Baron D. Denniston.[2] She then had two children.[1][2]
Career[change | change source]
Her job was to keypunch cards but eventually led to her editing code for programmers although she did not know how to code she picked up on the common rules and eventually understood the mistakes made and how to correct them. [1][2]
Hardships[change | change source]
She faced many hardships during her career.[1] Denniston was told to train a person so she did. [1] The company she worked for eventually reorganized the employee positions and the person that Denniston trained then became her boss because he had some college credits but also he was a man.[1] She also had problems with the programmers.[1] The programmers often made excuses as to why the code wasn’t finished so Denniston used her persistent attitude to make sure it was finished on time and able to run overnight. [1]
Later life[change | change source]
After her exciting career, she decided to go to Radcliffe College which is now a part of Harvard. Denniston eventually retired in 2012.[1][2]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Friday, Korey Haynes | Published:; June 21; 2019. "Elaine Denniston: The woman who corrected Apollo's code". Astronomy.com. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
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